Labour has won a landslide victory in Corby by nearly 8,000 votes, marking its first by-election win over the Conservatives since 1997, while the Liberal Democrats lost their deposit after slumping to fourth place behind UKIP.

Foreign Secretary
William Hague has urged both Israel and Hamas to work towards stopping the violence in the Gaza Strip - but stressed that the Gaza government bears the greatest responsibility for the crisis.

A video made by 15-year-old Amanda Todd one month before she is believed to have committed suicide following a vicious campaign of online and physical bullying has received hundreds of thousands of hits.